Planetary Research Jobs

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Tenure and tenure-track faculty

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SOLID EARTH GEOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, IA, USA 2026-09-15 2026-07-13
Assistant/Associate Professor (F3/F4) Outer Solar System Science & Space Grant Associate Director University of Hawaii at Manoa Hawaii, USA 2026-08-25 2026-07-11
Tenure-track faculty: Experimental space physics University of Iowa Iowa City, USA 2026-06-28

Non-tenure track faculty

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Pipeline Scientist The SETI Institute Mountain View, CA, USA 2026-07-28 2026-05-31

Postdocs and fellowships

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Postdoctoral Position in Planetary Volcanology University of California, Riverside USA 2026-09-01 2026-07-15
Postdoctoral Research Associate Brown University Providence, Rhode Island, USA 2026-07-26 2026-07-11
JAXA Aerospace Project Research Associate Recruitment (ISAS) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Japan 2026-08-26 2026-06-30
Understanding processes and time scales in ancient terrestrial and extraterrestrial (phosphate) materials through nanoscale investigations University Jean Monnet Lyon, France 2026-07-15 2026-06-29
6 postdoc positions on habitability as a fundamental planetary process Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden Germany 2026-06-17
Postdoctoral Scholar - UC Berkeley UC Berkeley Berkeley, CA, USA 2026-10-01 2026-06-01

Ph.D.

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
PhD Position in Lunar Science and Exploration, Planetary Geology The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 2026-12-01 2026-07-15
PhD position in Chemistry, with a specialization in Planetary Biogeochemistry and Spectroscopy Umeå University Umeå, Sweden 2026-07-31 2026-07-05
PhD Research Fellow in Mars Atmospheric Science University of Oslo Lillestrøm, Oslo, Norway 2026-08-16 2026-07-05
PhD position: Coupled interior-atmosphere evolution of temperate rocky planets NCCR Genesis, University of Geneva, ETH Zürich Switzerland 2026-07-02
18 Ph.D. positions on habitability as a fundamental planetary process Freie Univ. Berlin, TU Berlin, DLR, RUB Boschum, Univ. Wien, TU Dresden Germany 2026-06-17

Science management

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Director Planetary Science Division, NASA Headquarters National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC, USA 2026-07-30 2026-07-02
Director of Strategy & Partnerships University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO, USA 2026-08-01 2026-06-28
Senior Director for Science University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO, USA 2026-08-01 2026-06-28

Scientific and technical staff

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Junior Professional in Lunar Science Instrumentation ESTEC Noordwijk, Netherlands 2026-07-28 2026-07-10
Senior AI/ML Scientist, Planetary Science Relativity Space Long Beach, CA, USA 2026-06-29
AI/ML Scientist, Planetary Science Relativity Space Long Beach, CA, USA 2026-06-29
NEO Surveyor assistant survey scientist UCLA Los Angeles, CA, USA 2026-07-31 2026-06-16

Outreach and education

Title Institution Location Deadline Posted
Science Communications Manager/Public Information Officer (PIO) Planetary Science Institute Tucson, AZ, USA 2026-06-16
EPO Public Information Officer Green Bank Observatory Charlottesville, VA, Socorro, NM or Green Bank, WV, or remote, USA 2026-06-08